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A woman sits in front of her home, destroyed by a landslide that buried dozens of houses and left dozens trapped beneath mud and rubble following weeks of drenching rains in Bello, northwestern Colombia, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. At least 12 bodies were dug out of the mud. The Red Cross attributes more than 180 deaths to floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Colombia so far this year. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides)
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A police officer carries the body of a girl, covered in a blanket, at the site where a landslide buried houses trapping dozens beneath mud and rubble following weeks of drenching rains, in Bello, northwestern Colombia, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. At least 12 bodies were dug out of the mud. The Red Cross attributes more than 180 deaths to floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Colombia so far this year. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides)
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Residents of La Gabriela neighborhood who lost their homes when a landslide buried some 30 houses and trapped dozens beneath mud and rubble following weeks of drenching rains, sit on the sidewalk while rescue workers search for survivors in Bello, northwestern Colombia, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. At least 12 bodies were dug out of the mud. The Red Cross attributes more than 180 deaths to floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Colombia so far this year. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides)
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Sen. Max Baucus, Montana Democrat, plans to push for further renewable-energy subsidies before the lame-duck Congress expires. (Associated Press)
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A special select committee set up by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, in 2007 was used as a vehicle to promote "cap-and-trade" legislation for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. (Associated Press)
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A Russian firefighting plane sprays fire-extinguishing material over a wildfire in Ein Hod, Israel, on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. The cause of the worst forest fire in Israel's history is likely negligence, not arson, authorities said Saturday, as firefighters from around the world battled the blaze whipping through northern pine forests toward the Mediterranean. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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The 738-foot tanker Golden Seas makes 3.5 mph through 20-foot seas north of Adak Island, Alaska, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Coast Guard aircrews were launched from Air Station Kodiak in response to a report that the Golden Seas had lost propulsion and was drifting, but the crew of the vessel reported to a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew that they had regained propulsion and were awaiting a tug to escort them to Dutch Harbor. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis)
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A man skiis after heavy snowfall in the Thuringian Forest in Oberhof, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. Large parts of Germany were hit by heavy snowfalls and icy wind. The winter weather with temperatures around the freezing point will continue tomorrow, according to forecasts. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
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Two men cautiously walk on a flooded pier to reach a boat near flooded St. Mark square as high tides reached 1.36 meters above sea level, flooding more than half of Venice, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Heavy rains have caused damage in the last days and are blamed for the recent collapses in ancient Pompeii, as many rivers swell, snow fell copiously on the Alps and high water is a constant presence in Venice. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini)
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Tourists make their way in a flooded St. Mark square as high tides reached 1.36 meters above sea level, flooding more than half of Venice, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Heavy rains have caused damage in the last days and are blamed for the recent collapses in ancient Pompeii, as many rivers swell, snow fell copiously on the Alps and high water is a constant presence in Venice. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini)
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In this photo taken Tuesday Nov. 23, 2010, a woman suffering cholera symptoms is carried to a local hospital in Limbe village near Cap Haitien, Haiti. Haiti's countryside is seeing the worst of an epidemic that has killed at least 1,800 people since erupting less than two months ago. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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In this photo taken Nov. 27, 2010, Laika Valcoure, a 16-month-old suffering cholera symptoms, is held by her mother at a local hospital in Limbe near Cap Haitien, Haiti. Haiti's countryside is seeing the worst of an epidemic that has killed at least 1,800 people since erupting less than two months ago. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Israeli firefighters extinguish fire during a wildfire in the Carmel Heights near Haifa, northern Israel, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. A massive forest fire that scorched part of northern Israel killed scores of people Thursday, officials said. Fire officials said the blaze, which torched some 800 acres (325 hectares), remained out of control as nightfall arrived. (AP Photo/Avishag Shar-Yeshuv)
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Vehicles drive on a road during a wildfire in the Carmel Heights near Haifa, northern Israel, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. A massive forest fire that scorched part of northern Israel killed scores of people Thursday, officials said. Fire officials said the blaze, which torched some 800 acres (325 hectares), remained out of control as nightfall arrived. (AP Photo/Avishag Shar-Yeshuv)
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An Israeli firefighter pours water over his head as he and others stand near one of the centers of an extensive wildfire in the northern Israeli community of Beit Oren, near Haifa, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. A massive forest fire that scorched part of northern Israel killed scores of people Thursday, officials said. Fire officials said the blaze, which torched some 800 acres (325 hectares), remained out of control as nightfall arrived. (AP Photo/Yaron Kaminsky)
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A driver gestures as he rides a motorcycle on a road next to smoke rising from a wildfire near Ein Hod in northern Israel, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. The worst forest fire in Israel's history devastated one of the country's few forested areas, and killed dozens of people. Homes were destroyed and some 15,000 were evacuated. Fire officials said the blaze, that is still out of control, has already torched some 1,600 acres (650 hectares). (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
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A woman walks on the beach as firefighting planes refill with sea water to be dumped over a wildfire in northern Israel, off the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Atlit, Israel Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Crews and equipment from around the world began arriving on Friday to help Israel's worst fire ever. The inferno, which also displaced thousands, is still raging through forests in northern Israel and on the outskirts of the country's third largest city, Haifa. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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People watch firefighting planes flying over after they refilled with sea water to be dumped over a wildfire in northern Israel, off the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Atlit, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Crews and equipment from around the world began arriving on Friday to help Israel's worst fire ever. The inferno, which also displaced thousands, is still raging through forests in northern Israel and on the outskirts of the country's third largest city, Haifa. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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A Greek firefighting plane participates in efforts to extinguish a wildfire over Ein Hod in northern Israel, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Foreign firefighters and aircraft poured into Israel Friday in an unprecedented wave of international assistance as the country battled a huge forest fire that has killed dozens of people and displaced thousands. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
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A burnt car is seen kibbutz Beit Oren, destroyed in a wildfire in northern Israel Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Crews and equipment from around the world began arriving on Friday to help Israel's worst fire ever. The inferno, which also displaced thousands, is still raging through forests in northern Israel and on the outskirts of the country's third largest city, Haifa. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
